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McLeod lost big to James Clyburn in 1994, but was also heavily outspent. He wants creationism taught in schools and hopes his social conservatism attracts religious blacks as well as whites in the Sixth. Were he to win, he would be one of Congress's strictest constitutionalists, advocating a drastic contraction of the Federal Government, including elimination of federal income and inheritance taxes in favor of a consumption...
Utah has long been a conservative stronghold. Since Mormon leader Brigham Young led his followers to their new desert home in 1847, the church has dominated both politics and daily life. In 1991 Utah passed the strictest abortion law in the country, permitting the procedure only in cases of rape and incest, or if the mother's life is endangered. The Beehive State also leads the country in number of hours its citizens work--an average of 48 per week, more even than the notorious workaholic Japanese. Democrats do have a toehold with Representative Bill Orton, but in 1992 even...
...Even political analysts would agree with the student who wrote that it is possible to get the majority of the electoral votes without getting the majority of popular votes, and "Anyone who can ever understand how this works gets to be President." Ross Perot, take note: "One of the strictest rules is that all dark horses running for President must be people." As for the President's constitutional powers, "the President has the power to appoint and disappoint the members of his cabinet." And the rest of us too. But we keep hoping. -->
Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S. and one of the most influential Saudi officials, tells TIME that "Islamic radicals are very, very small, and looked upon in this country as outcasts. Saudi Arabia is probably the strictest country in administering Islamic law as a way of life. Islamic extremists are not a threat to the stability of the country." Meanwhile, Mohammed Mass'ari, a leading Islamic militant in exile in London, says the extreme groups are splintered. "The number is big, dozens if not hundreds," he says, "but the membership in each group is small...
...last conclave in 1978," says TIME's Richard Ostling. "There has always been a strong security consciousness in the church. This is just a new generation of problems. It has always been an important issue to the Vatican that the discussions in selecting a new pope take place in strictest privacy...